DJ Khaled Net Worth, Wife, A larger than life persona

A distinguished personality, an Arab-American music producer, radio personality, and a DJ, Khaled Mohamed Khaled was born on November 26, 1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana. From being a radio host at an urban based music radio station based in Miami, WEDR “99JAMZ,” DJ for a hip-hop group to working with prominent singers and rappers as Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne and many more, he has been known as being la a larger than life persona. With popular hits as “I am the one,” and “I am so Hood” he has left his mark into million of hearts and is extensively followed by them over his YouTube channel, h3h3Productions.

Know him closely: DJ Khaled

Popularly known as the Arab Attack, DJ Khaled has been a record producer, a prominent radio personality and a DJ who has produced a soaring number of 10 studio albums of his own since the year 2006. His latest being “Grateful” was released in the year 2017 which created his first number one single “ I am the One” as a music producer. Being a native of Louisiana, he went on to become the president of Def Jam Records South in the year 2009, and later went on to co-founding the record label, “We the Best Music Group”

DJ Khaled’s family tree

He was born as Khaled Mohamed Khaled in the month of November 1975. The place New Orleans in Louisiana got him exposed to music at a very young age. Music had started cultivating inside this young boy. This cultivation of music was further encouraged by his Palestinian parents. Soon he devoted a loved to rap and soul music inside himself. DJ Khaled, then nurtured his skills and talents with time and went on to become a hit sensation with time. Khaled also has a brother with the name Alec Ledd (Alla Khaled), who is an actor by profession.

Know his road to becoming famous

Every successful story begins with the first step. And as you climb your first stair, you begin to grow with every step you take. Same happened in the case of DJ Khaled. He began his road to enormous success by working in record stores. In the early stage of his journey, he started by helping artists like Lil Wayne and Birdman in their career of music before they became popular or were glorified by media and people. This excerpt from his successful career displays his unlimited skill and talent. But with the passing of time, Khaled jumped into the DJ circuit and moved to Miami in the year 1998. And where there’s charisma around a person, he spreads it via different mediums.

DJ Khaled began working on the radio as co-host to Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew on the Luke Show on WEDR “99 Jamz.” And with the passing of many moons, DJ Khaled was making his own destiny by doing the right things at the right time. He snagged a weeknight radio show of his own at the radio station. Throughout his hustling and winning career, he has been given many nicknames, by his followers and fans. Some of them are Terror Squadian, Beat Nova cane, Arab Attack, Big Dog Pitbull and Mr. Miami. He has been a part of much popular musics, which has been loved by thousands of young hearts as a music producer. And as a music producer, he’s worked on hip-hop albums and enthralling raps like Real Talk by Fabulous, All or Nothing by Fat Joe and True Story by Terror Squad.

Join DJ Khaled’s winning streak

His winning streak began in the year 2006 with the release of his debut album, entitled Listennn. The album started ruling the hearts of his aficionados. And soon it made to no.12 on the Billboard 200 charts. His winning saga doesn’t end here, as a year later, he also grabbed attention for the release of his sophomore album “We The Best.” The album featured some of the greatest hits ion its time, like “I am So Hood” and “We Takin Over.” Both the albums were featured as the chart-topping singles in the same year of its release. And when there are popularity and followings of many fans, there come great collaborations. DJ Khaled took the caravan of his success story and collaborated with notable and prominent artists like Rick Ross, Akon, T.I., Fat Joe and Lil Wayne. He was holding the reigns of his popularity and prominence. And riding on the waves of glories and utmost prosperity, DJ Khaled, launched his own record label. The name of his label was We The Best Music Group and later on, he went on to become the president of Def Jam South in the year 2009.

DJ Khaled didn’t lose his winning streak with time, instead, he went on to make it large. And when there’s lots of effort and discipline in following your dreams and passion, there’s no hindrances and obstacles which can stop you. And DJ Khaled achieved many breathtaking hits and stardom, in the successive years. It was in the year 2010, that DJ Khaled released his single “All I Do I Win.” Which featured Ludacris and Snoop Dogg. And after this release DJ, Khaled was just unstoppable.

He went on to collaborate with famous and popular names and churned out memorable albums with them. He was just breaking every barrier and setting new and vast targets for himself. In the year 2011, he released “We The Best Forever,” which became viral and ruled the hearts of many for a much longer period of time. And with every hit album being released by DJ Khaled, people were anticipating another storming album from him. He released “Suffering from Success,” in the year 2013.

The album received an unprecedented response by his large fan following. Later on, he went on to release, “I Changed a Lot” in the year 2015, which was again applauded by masses. “Major Key” was released in the year 2016, which gave him something as a summarization of all his hard work, passion and love for music. The album, “Major Key” became the no.1 album of his career. And DJ Khaled was now roaring with success and major achievements. Since then, he was on a rollercoaster ride with back to back hit in every successive year. DJ Khaled, hit the charts again with his new album, “Grateful,” Which became his second album to hit the no.1 spot in the year 2017. The album also included his first no.1 single, “ I am the One,” which featured the likes of Justin Bieber and rappers, Lil Wayne, Quavo, and Chance the Rapper.

DJ Khaled: A living Meme

The story of DJ Khaled being turned into a living meme happened amidst 2015-2016 when his SnapChat videos went viral on YouTube. Wherein he discussed on the topic, “how to achieve success.” These activities of DJ Khaled displayed his large than life persona. The video-based social medium, Snap Chat took DJ Khaled to another level of success and charm for spreading smiles and hope among the people over 21 years of age.

This has also become Khaled’s kingdom. Excerpts from his SnapChats, such as; “Another one!”; Major key alert!“I like that!” Went on to become the popular phrases among the young generations and his large fan following. People were using his words as the tagline as they were too contagious to be left unattended. His motivational talks included catchy sentences as “ride with me through the journey of success” were inviting a lot of attention and new fan followings. People were generating a sense of attachment with DJ Khaled and were going gaga over his remarks on how to become successful.

DJ Khaled, once snapped about him getting lost while returning from Rick Ross’s private island on a jet ski. The snap went viral and everyone was in shock. DJ Khaled, once announced that he will SnapChat the birth of his child. DJ Khaled, has always been spotted as being glued to his phone. When you have millions of fan following, you don’t have other interactions. DJ Khaled positivity has been unwavering and irresistible which reflects on his Snaps and among his fans. His popularity on SnapChat has been derived from “just being myself” and this lack of self-awareness might be the reason for his success beyond social media. Khaled has been an inspiration and an epitome of motivation for the young generation. Being an active user of SnapChat, he uses this platform to reach to his fans in a more personalized manner.

Another vibrant world of DJ Khaled

With so many achievements and many more to achieve, DJ Khaled has been unstoppable. His passion for his work and love for his fans has taken him to a whole different level of life. With 2016 being a major year for giving Khaled huge success and growth, he also became the father to his son, Ashad in the same year. He also authored a book called, “The Keys” and went on to become the spokesperson for Ciroc. But it was in October 2017, that Khaled announced his plans to go out on a tour with Demi Lovato. To the surprise of many, DJ Khaled also signed on to be one of the four judges for an upcoming, Fox reality-singing competition, The Four. The panel of judges includes, P.Diddy also known as “Brother Love” which was scheduled for January 2018.

Take a sneak peek into the life of DJ Khaled wife

DJ Khaled wife, Nicole Tuck has been into a strong relationship when the duo met together in the early 90s at an event. And that meeting went forward and converted into dating with time. The couple was sharing their romantic relationship with much charm and stability long before DJ Khaled became a popular musician of all time. Talking about Nicole Tuck, there have been rumors that have her roots attached to an affluent Palestinian-American-African family. Nicole started her business with an apparel company with the name, “ABU Apparel.” This was a small company. She had always wanted to have a company of her own.

At ABU Apparels she was selling funky apparels and gradually the company started growing and added profits to its name. Khaled was having a huge fan following and hence she found it as a smart decision of choosing him to be one of the brand ambassadors of the brand. People started buying more from the brand and Khaled became the face of the brand in a very short span of time. But the profitable time for the brand didn’t last for long and it started experiencing huge losses after a period of time. Though she had started the brand with utmost passion and devotion, the business was shut down.

Till this time, their relationship had grown by leaps and bounds. She was experiencing a jobless phase for a while. But soon, this phase got over, when she was asked by DJ Khaled to manage his assignments. She was working as an unofficial manager. And with time, Khaled offered her love a job as his manager. Their relationship had become too serious and committed. The couple got so famous that they presented themselves at one of the popular show, a business couple in America.

After the lovely couple became parents with their beautiful son, they started with posting frequent posts on Instagram. And the happy family is bustling at their mansion in California. To everyone’s surprise, DJ Khaled went on to name his son as the new executive producer for his latest album. And when the world was busy raving about Khaled and Nicole’s long-term relationship, he shocked everyone, when he proposed Nicki Minaj to marry him. The incident happened in the year 2103. Though the incident was laughed off by both the artists after a short period of time when they confirmed it to be a prank.

DJ Khaled net worth

DJ Khaled net worth can be determined by a vast number if fan followings he has and the number of words and hits given by him in his tenure of becoming a successful DJ, radio host, record producer,president of the Def Jam South record label and the Founder of “We the Best Music Group.” Though it was a bit of sorrow, for not making to the Gorilla’s list of top 20 richest DJ in the whole world he’s still considered to be too wealthy with a soaring amount. DJ Khaled’s net worth in the year 2013 was a mere $3million. But after a period of five years (in the year 2018), his net worth is $20million according to the celebrity net worth site. Not only he is rich with so much of wealth in his pocket but he has also won people’s heart. At the Shorty Awards, he has won himself the 2016 SnapChatter of the year award.